नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XXIII. 27 ] THE COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP 415

the various kinds of the Dantapatras⁸ set with jewels and the Karṇapūra⁹.

The Tilaka and the Patralekhā¹⁰ are ornaments of the cheeks¹¹.

Neck ornaments

26. The pearl-necklace, the snake-group (vyāla-paṅkti)¹, the Mañjarī², the jewel-string³ the jewel-necklace⁴ and the neck-chain (sūtra)⁵ are ornaments of the neck.

27. The necklace with two, three or four strings as well as a [gold] chain is the ornament of the neck¹.

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⁸ These were possibly made with ivory.
⁹ The well-known ear ornament.
¹⁰ The same as patrabhaṅga (drawing decorative designs with scented pigments).
¹¹ C. reads after this four additional and somewhat corrupt couplets ((C.27b-31a) which may be tentatively translated as follows: And the triveṇī is to be known as the ornament of the breast. The two eyes are to be touched with collyrium, and the lips are also to be painted. The four front teeth (of the upper and the lower rows) are to have varying colours as well as whiteness. When covered with artificial colours their beauty is enhanced. Pearl-like teeth of beautiful young women embellish their smile, and dyed with the colour of lotus petals they will be lovely, and when dyed with emerald colour the lips will attain the beauty of tender leaves. And their amorous look will constitute their charms
26 (C.31b-32a; K-XXI.25). ¹ An ornament with the snake-motif; see above 16 note 1. This was never met with before.
² Mañjarī—This was never met with before.
³ Ratnamālikā—This is to be distinguished from ratnāvalī (see note 4 below) which is a bigger necklace; for the word mālikā means a small mālā.
⁴ Ratnāvalī—See note 3 above.
⁵ Sūtra (lit. thread) evidently means a thin thread-like necklace made of gold; cf. kanakasūtra in Pañcatantra I. (vāyasa-dampati-kathā).
27 (C.32b-33a). ¹ K. omits this passage. The terms like dvisara (wrongly dvirasa), trisara (wrongly trirasa) and catu-sara (wrongly catūrasa) mean respectively necklaces with two, three and four strings.